11 May PHU NOI 1994-1995
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1476879829686{margin-right: 100px !important;margin-left: 100px !important;}"][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1465915657179{margin-top: 30px !important;}"][vc_column_text] Archaeological investigations in Phu Noi 1994-1995 [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1589210433599{margin-top: 20px !important;}"]The site of Phu Noi (Ban Mi District, Province of Lopburi; 15°14’20″N, 100°35’02″E) is located in the 'Takli hill belt' at the northwestern edge of the Lopburi Plain (about 48 km from Tha Kae) [Fig. 1]. In 1990 digging for the foundations of a Sala Thai-type masonry pavilion at the old wooden Buddhist temple in the village brought to light several human skeletons and pottery vases; this chance discovery was followed by a rescue excavation conducted by Surapol Natapintu, then director of the ‘Central Thailand Archaeology Project’ (Archaeology Division-Thai FAD). The excavation brought to light 32 graves - divided into three cemetery phases - accompanied by pottery...